Based on the NLA 2012, of the total 111,119 lakes assessed, approximately 52% (58,700) were natural and 48% (53,119) were manmade.
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The world has 307 million lakes, according to calculations made by an international team of scientists. That number includes all natural lakes, but not human-made lakes such as reservoirs formed by dams. The lake count takes in ponds as small as one-tenth of a hectare (one-quarter acre).
Are there any states with no lakes? The only state in the US with no natural lakes is Maryland. Although Maryland has rivers and other freshwater ponds, no natural body of water is large enough to qualify as a lake.
Finland is called ''the land of a thousand lakes,'' but at last count there were 187,888 of them - more lakes in relation to a country's size than any other.
In fact Canada has the largest number of lakes in the whole world standing at 879,800 lakes. The Great Bear Lake is the largest freshwater lake of Canada that is solely within Canada and not shared with USA.